Mop



C. RASMUSSEN. MOP. APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1921.

4 Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

gwuenko'a 6. Fasmuasen/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application 'fiIedMarch 8, 1921. seriaino. 450,665.

To aZZ'w ia' om it mag concern i Be it known that CARL *Fiisnussrx, "acitizen of the United States, TESIClIJUg at Glendale, inthecounty'o'fMonroe'and State of Wisconsin, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

The, invention'rela'tes to mops and has for its object to provide adevice ofthis "character comprising a handle member to the end of whichis secured an arched bracket which terminates in a transverse clampingmember for the reception of one end of a mop. 'Also to provide alongitudinally and rotatably movable rod extending through the handleand having its forward end provided with an eye for the reception of theother end of the mop, said rod being provided with a handlej at its rearend adjacent the end of the mop handle and forming means whereby the rodmay be rotated for wringing the mop, thereby obviating the necessity ofdirtying the hands by wringing the mop with the hands.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mop.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clamping member.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of a. mop handle showing thelongitudinally movable and rotatably movable rod.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the forward end of the mophandle.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 4:.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a mop handle and 2one end thereof. Imbedded in the end 2 of the handle is therectangularly shaped portions 3 of a mop supporting bracket 4. The mopsupporting bracket has its body portion 5 offset from axial alignmentwith the handle and terminates in a downwardly extending portion 6,which portion is secured to an upwardly extending flange 7 of atransversely disposed angle member 8, which angle member forms aclamping jaw, with which clamping jaw a jaw plate 9 cooperates forclamping and holding the end 10 of the mop 11 when'the'nuts 12'c-arriedbythe'bolts '13 are tightened. The clamping member as a whole 'is'preferably in alignment "withthe center of the handle member for"properly balancing the device and also for locating the clamp-- ingineinberin-a natural position with relation to the 'handle'member 1.

Rotatahl'y'mountedin'bearings 14: of collars carried by the handlemember 1 and in a longitudinally disposed groove 15 in said handlemember 1 is a rod 16. The rod 16 is longitudinally movable in thebearings 14 and the groove 15 and also rotatably mounted whereby saidrod may be moved forwardly until its eye 17 which receives the rear endof the mop 11 is disposed adjacent th mop clamping device, therebyallowing the mop to be used in the usual manner or moved rearwardly tothe dotted line position shown in Figure 1 thereby allowing the mop tobe wrung when the operator grasps the handle member 19 of the rod 16 andimparts a rotary movement to said rod, which action will twist the mopin such a manner that the water will be expelled therefrom. It will beseen that the mop may be wrung without placing the hand in contact withthe mop which is the objectionable feature in mops as at present used.It will also be seen that .the structure is simple and the parts reducedto a minimum thereby allowing the de'vice to be cheaply constructed.

To wring the mop the operator grasps the handle 1 with one hand and withthe other hand grasps the handle member 19 of the rod 16 and pulls saidrod rearwardly to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. Whenthe rod 16 is in the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, theoperator rotates the said rod, which action will twist the mop 11 whileit is in substantially a straight position and consequently expel thewater from the mop 11.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isz 1. A mop comprising a handle member, a bracket carried by one end ofsaid handle member, said bracket being offset from alignment with thehandle member, the end of said bracket terminating in a transverselydispose'd clamping member in alignment with the handle member, a mophaving one of its ends clamped in said clamping member, a rod rotatablyand longitudinally movable in a groove in the under side of the handlememher, ferrules adjacent the ends'of the handle member and maintainingthe rod in the groove, one end of said rod terminating in an eye for thereception of one end of the mop, the other end of said rod terminatingin a handle member adjacent the rear end of the handle member, vsaid rodforming means in said clamping member, a' rod rotatably andlongitudinally movable in a groove of the under face of the handlemember, said rod being maintained in said groove and guided in itslongitudinal movement by collars extending around the handle member andaround the rodadj acent the ends of the handle, one end of said rodbeing connected to one end of the mop and a handle member carried by theother end of the rod and forming means whereby said rod may be movedlongitudinally and rotated. V

Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature.

7 v CARL RASMUSSEN.

Witnessesz LE VERNE ROBERTSON,

F. DUNCAN.

